Syrian Army Controls Hawareen, Maheen in Homs Countryside

Units of the army and the armed forces on Monday continued to tighten the noose around the takfiri terrorist organizations across the country, establishing control over new areas and destroying terrorists’ headquarters and equipment and killing scores of them.

Homs

Hawareen and Maheen under Army control

Units of the army and armed forces, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, established full control over Maheen town and Hawareen village after destroying the last positions of ISIL terrorists in them in intensive military operations carried out in the southeastern countryside of the central Homs province, a military source said Monday.

The source told SANA that units of the army are combing the town and the village which are about 85 km to the southeast of Homs City, and they are dismantling the explosive devices planted by ISIL terrorists among houses of the citizens and at the roads and the agricultural lands.

Earlier Sunday, the Syrian Army Air Force conducted a series of strikes against positions and movements of ISIL terrorists in the two towns, destroyed their positions and killed all terrorists inside as well as destroying vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns.

Latakia

1154 height under army control

A military source said Monday that full control was established over the Height 1154,5 in the northeastern countryside of Latakia province after the army units in cooperation with popular defense groups inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists in the arms and personnel.

Units of the army and the armed forces, in cooperation with the popular defense groups continued to advance in the northern countryside of the province, establishing control over the Height 1154,5 around one km to the south of Kabbana village.

The source added that army units used special tactics that are suitable for the nature of the area, killing scores of Takfiri terrorists, most of them of Afghani nationality, in addition to destroying their fortifications with all the arms and ammunition inside them.

Deir Ezzor

More than 40 ISIL terrorists killed

Units of the army and armed forces killed more than 40 ISIL terrorists and destroyed a number of their headquarters and stores of ammunition and of manufacturing explosive devices and other explosives in Deir Ezzor Province.

Field sources told SANA Monday that headquarters of the ISIL terrorists were destroyed, one of them was used for manufacturing explosives, in special operations carried out by units of the army against dens of the ISIL terrorists in the surroundings of Aisha School and Conserves Factory and in al-Ashara in al- Mayadeen City in the southeastern countryside of the province.

The sources added that units of the army, positioned in Deir Ezour Military Airport, killed 6 terrorists, one of them was of Chechen nationality, in the surroundings of the Airport, in addition to destroying one of the terrorists’ trucks at al-Taim oil field.

Meanwhile, one of the headquarters of ISIL terrorists was also destroyed and all terrorists inside were killed in al-Jafra village in the eastern countryside in a special operation carried out by a unit of the army.

More than 28 terrorists were also killed and a number of their headquarters, which were used for manufacturing explosive devices and storing arms and ammunition, were destroyed in operations carried out by the army against ISIL hotbeds in the neighborhoods of al-Hwaiqa and al-Omal and near al-Siyasia Bridge in Deir Ezour City

Hama

More 28 terrorists killed in Hama province

The Syrian army air force targeted terrorists’ hideouts in Kafer Zaita town and Atshan village in the countryside of Hama province, destroying a number of their headquarters with all weapons and ammunition inside them.

Idleb

At least 12 terrorists killed in Idleb Province

In the southern countryside of the bordering province, an army unit targeted the terrorist organization’s gatherings in al-Hamdiyeh village, destroying 2 vehicles for them and killing 7 of their members, among them Muhanna Bilal.

Another army unit killed at least 5 terrorists of the so-called Jund al-Aqsa terrorist organization, according to field sources.

Aleppo

The Syrian army air force targeted positions for ISIL terrorist organization in the villages of Akomeh, Rasm al-Abd, east of Kaskeis village, Deir Hfer town and Tal Ayoub in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province.

A number of ISIL terrorists’ positions and various machinegun- equipped vehicles were destroyed in the air force raids.

The army inflicted heavy losses on ISIL terrorists in personnel and weapons in Shamer village, Talet al-Shawaya in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo province.

In Aleppo southern countryside, army units targeted positions of al-Nusra Front (Qaeda branch in Syria) and other takfiri terrorist organizations in the villages of Khan Touman, Kherbet Ma’rata, al-Ameriyeh, Karm Azeeza, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their arms and arms and vehicles.

Meanwhile, army units thwarted terrorist groups’ attack on the axes of Talet Bazo, Talet al-Rakhm, al-Hekma school and Talet al-Sunawbariyat in Aleppo countryside, killing most of their members while forced others to escape.

In Aleppo city, army units destroyed hideouts for al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations in the neighborhoods of al-Sheikh Said, al-Ramousa, al-Ma’adi and Halawaniyeh.